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27.05.2021. 11:24h
It is no accident that a non-paper has emerged on a further cutting up of an already carved-up Yugoslavia. It s not a paper, or a document, its anonymous authors say. Indeed it isn t. The non-paper in question is a mental vaccine for taking the Balkans back into the 1990s and inducing the much-desired – albeit as yet unrealistic – balkanization of the sclerotic European Union, shaken by disputes. In no more than a few days, everyone in the Balkans – a region with a knack for misfortune – has taken the jab that is the non-paper. Everyone is talking about the new borders, some in fear, and others in hope. The gasoline and the flame are getting closer to each other in Montenegro, in Bosnia and Herzegovina, in North Macedonia.
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Koha Ditore that broke the story, late on April 26.
According to the daily, the “non-paper” is French and German in origin and outlines how the current Kosovo-Serbia standstill could be resolved by February of next year.
The paper suggests that the European Union will continue to facilitate the negotiation process between Kosovo and Serbia, a process which will lead to a “legally binding” agreement that resolves all open questions and clears a path for both countries towards European integration.
Serbia would agree to not oppose Kosovo’s requests for membership of international organisations, while both sides would recognise each other’s sovereignty, territorial integrity and independence and exchange permanent missions.
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SEBASTIAN KURZ SPEAKS EXCLUSIVELY WITH KURIR: Serbia proves brave reforms are possible! EU enlargement shouldn t stop
News 29.01.2021. 10:49h 29.01.2021. 10:53h It is in Austria s interest to bring Serbia into the Union as a strong member. There are precise criteria for this, and they must be met, Austrian Chancellor says. Good relations with Serbia and providing support on the road to EU membership remain a high priority of the Austrian Federal Government, Austrian Chancellor Sebastian Kurz said in an exclusive interview with Kurir. He rejected the claims that at the moment the Union is in a crisis of sorts, adding that he did not support the view of some of the member states that further enlargement should be stopped.